CV Joint question, is there suppposed to be a gap? Options

[purple]

Hey guys, I was under the car last night and saw something puzzling.

There is a flange on the transaxle that the CV joint mount to. There is a small gap between this flange and the CV joint on both sides. It also looks as if there has been grease flung out of this gap. There is supposed to be a gasket in there isnt there?

Should it be a solid, gap free assembly from the flange all the way to the boot?

Could you guys post a pic of what your CV joints at the tranny look like? I'm really curious to see if the P.O. did yet another shortcut on this car.

Would red RTV work on this in place of a gasket? If indeed there is a gasket supposed to be here

[Cap'n Krusty]

I'd use grease that's speciffically made for CV joint use. Carquest has a nice moly CV joint grease in tubes for about 5 bucks. The gray stuff. If you have a thick wheel bearing grease, I wouldn't use it in a CV joint. In fact, I probably wouldn't use it in a Porsche wheel bearing, either. The Cap'n